Author: Mauvin Sequeira

1. What was Victor Fleming’s birth date?
a) February 23, 1889
b) March 15, 1885
c) January 6, 1890
d) April 10, 1887
Answer: a) February 23, 1889

2. Where was Victor Fleming born?
a) Pasadena, California
b) New York City, New York
c) Chicago, Illinois
d) Atlanta, Georgia
Answer: a) Pasadena, California

3. Which of Victor Fleming’s films won him an Academy Award for Best Director?
a) The Wizard of Oz
b) Gone with the Wind
c) Captains Courageous
d) Red Dust
Answer: b) Gone with the Wind

1. What was David Dodd Hand’s primary profession?
A) Statistician
B) Animator and filmmaker
C) Musician
D) Mathematician
Answer: B) Animator and filmmaker

2. When was David Dodd Hand born?
A) June 30, 1950
B) January 23, 1900
C) October 11, 1986
D) April 28, 1925
Answer: B) January 23, 1900

3. Where was David Dodd Hand born?
A) Plainfield, New Jersey
B) London, England
C) Peterborough, United Kingdom
D) San Luis Obispo, California
Answer: A) Plainfield, New Jersey

1. In which year was William Cameron Menzies born?
A) 1890
B) 1896
C) 1900
D) 1905
Answer: B) 1896

2. Where was William Cameron Menzies born?
A) New Haven, Connecticut
B) Los Angeles, California
C) New York City, New York
D) Chicago, Illinois
Answer: A) New Haven, Connecticut

3. What job title did William Cameron Menzies invent?
A) Art Director
B) Production Designer
C) Cinematographer
D) Special Effects Coordinator
Answer: B) Production Designer

1. In which city was Henry Hathaway born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) Sacramento, California
C) San Francisco, California
D) New York City, New York
Answer: B) Sacramento, California

2. What was Henry Hathaway’s birth name?
A) Henri Léopold de Fiennes
B) Henry Leonard Hathaway
C) Harold Hathaway
D) Henry James de Fiennes
Answer: A) Henri Léopold de Fiennes

3. In which year was Henry Hathaway born?
A) 1896
B) 1898
C) 1900
D) 1902
Answer: B) 1898

1. What was Mark Sandrich’s birth name?
A) Mark Rex Goldstein
B) Mark Steven Sandrich
C) Mark James Goldstein
D) Mark Robert Sandrich
Answer: A) Mark Rex Goldstein

2. In which city was Mark Sandrich born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) New York City, New York
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Boston, Massachusetts
Answer: B) New York City, New York

3. What was Mark Sandrich’s primary profession in the film industry?
A) Actor
B) Cinematographer
C) Director
D) Editor
Answer: C) Director

1. What was John Cromwell’s birth name?
A) Elwood Dager
B) James Cromwell
C) John Dager
D) Edward Cromwell
Answer: A) Elwood Dager

2. In which city was John Cromwell born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) Toledo, Ohio
C) New York, New York
D) Santa Barbara, California
Answer: B) Toledo, Ohio

3. What was John Cromwell’s primary profession?
A) Screenwriter
B) Cinematographer
C) Film and stage director and actor
D) Film editor
Answer: C) Film and stage director and actor

1. In which city was Josef von Sternberg born?
A. Vienna
B. Berlin
C. New York
D. Munich
Answer: A. Vienna

2. What was Josef von Sternberg’s birth year?
A. 1884
B. 1894
C. 1904
D. 1914
Answer: B. 1894

3. Which film marked Josef von Sternberg’s directorial debut?
A. The Salvation Hunters
B. Underworld
C. The Last Command
D. The Blue Angel
Answer: A. The Salvation Hunters

1. What was Leo McCarey’s full name?
A) Leonard Thomas McCarey
B) Thomas Leo McCarey
C) Leo Michael McCarey
D) William Leo McCarey
Answer: B) Thomas Leo McCarey

2. In which city was Leo McCarey born?
A) New York City, NY
B) Los Angeles, CA
C) Chicago, IL
D) Boston, MA
Answer: B) Los Angeles, CA

3. What was Leo McCarey’s birth date?
A) October 3, 1898
B) July 5, 1896
C) March 12, 1900
D) December 15, 1897
Answer: A) October 3, 1898

1. In which city was Rouben Mamoulian born?
A) Moscow, Russia
B) Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia
C) Paris, France
D) London, England
Answer: B) Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia

2. What was Mamoulian’s ethnic background?
A) Russian
B) Armenian
C) Georgian
D) French
Answer: B) Armenian

3. Which Broadway musical did Mamoulian direct in 1943?
A) Porgy and Bess
B) South Pacific
C) Carousel
D) Oklahoma
Answer: D) Oklahoma

1. In which year was Mervyn LeRoy born?
a) 1895
b) 1900
c) 1905
d) 1910
Answer: b) 1900

2. What was Mervyn LeRoy’s birthplace?
a) Los Angeles, California
b) New York City, New York
c) San Francisco, California
d) Chicago, Illinois
Answer: c) San Francisco, California

3. Which event significantly impacted Mervyn LeRoy’s family financially during his childhood?
a) The Great Depression
b) The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
c) World War I
d) The Stock Market Crash of 1929
Answer: b) The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake